Bill Text: OR SB215 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 215 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to administrative law judges.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB215 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB215-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 2679

                         Senate Bill 215

Sponsored by Senator BATES (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires that administrative law judges assigned from Office of
Administrative Hearings to conduct hearing involving health
issues arising out of provision or denial of medical assistance
must have proven expertise in medical issues, in laws governing
state's medical assistance program and in prioritized list of
health services established by Health Services Commission.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to administrative law judges.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) In any hearing that involves a medical
issue arising out of the provision or denial of medical
assistance as defined in ORS 414.025, the administrative law
judge assigned under ORS 183.625 to conduct the hearing must have
proven expertise in medical issues, in the laws governing this
state's medical assistance program and in the prioritized list of
health services established by the Health Services Commission
under ORS 414.720.
  (2) The chief administrative law judge of the Office of
Administrative Hearings shall take all action necessary to ensure
that an adequate number of administrative law judges with the
expertise required by subsection (1) of this section are
available to conduct hearings that involve medical issues arising
out of the provision of medical assistance. + }
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